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Publication details [#9207]
Strathern, Andrew. 1975. Veiled speech in Mount Hagen. In Bloch, Maurice, ed. Political language and oratory in traditional society. Academic Press. pp. 185–203.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
S. delineates the speech form 'veiled speech' (a gloss for corresponding words in the Melpa language spoken in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea), and describes some of its functions.